Strategic Program Manager- One year contract Roche at Roche

Key Responsiblities:

Road-Mapping
Contributes to the following activities linked to Road-mapping (working in collaboration with the Strategy Lead:

• Analysis of the assigned Program Scope
• Development and maintaining a detailed vision of the Program Scope to ensure that projects within the defined scope adapt to market trends and industry/market changes
• Ideation
• Outlining of Solutions
• Creating a broad-based strategic roadmap including Goal Setting
• Creating a Vision

Strategic Planning

• Creating and maintaining a Strategic Plan for the “Program Scope” and mapping individual projects and activities to ensure ongoing and long term success with the area of focus
• Scoping and designing Projects and Activities
• Develop key milestones road-map and track them
• Defining specific strategies and tactics to deliver on the strategic goals
• Defining milestones (Time & Target)
• Resourcing

Project Execution

• Project Leadership and Management
• Mobilizing cross-functional teams and other internal resources to deliver the project
• Delivery of the project milestones
• Ensuring projects are within budget and on-time
• Risk & Mitigation analysis and management
• Reporting
• Communication

Close Out

• Formal close out of projects
• Definition and sharing of lessons learnt to the team and the broader organization
• Definition of any spin-off projects/opportunities

Governance

• Alignment of all Programs and their embedded projects to the internal Project Management and Quality Standards established within the Healthcare Transformation Team
• To monitor compliance with policies and procedures, identify areas of non-compliance, and incorporate remedies in managed programs and their embedded projects

Business Development

• Strong understanding of the Diagnostic Business and healthcare framework & policies in the region in order to understand the challenges and provide solutions: from supply chain to product launch to customer service support
• Translate Research & Development approach decision making of the programs, based on key milestones
• Engage with many different stakeholder, and develop new ways of partnering through Private-Public-Partnerships and other new approaches
• Grow and impact positively patients in South Africa and sub Sahara Africa, develop new business segments, manage P&L

You, as an ideal candidate, will have the following skills, experience and education:

• Qualifications: NQF 7/8 degree in a Science or related field. A Project Management qualification is an advantage
• Experience: 3 – 5 years’ experience in Sales, Marketing or similar in a Healthcare related field and at least 1 years worth of experience in Project management
• Must have knowledge of: Business Development, relevant products and commercial knowledge